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UN says ship fire caused "significant damage to planet"; announces team for environment impact study

Colombo, June 20 (PTI): The United Nations on Sunday said the Singapore-flagged cargo vessel, which caught fire off the coast of Colombo last month, has caused "significant damage to the planet by the rele

World / 20th June 2021

S.Korea to apply new social-distancing guidelines in July

SEOUL, JUNE 20 (IANS): South Korea's Health Ministry said on Sunday that it will apply new four-tier social-distancing guidelines next month from the current five-tier scheme in a bid to adopt a more sustai

World / 20th June 2021

Tibet tourism boom pressures historic sites

Lhasa, June 20 (AP): Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region's fragile environment and historic sites. The number of

World / 20th June 2021

Jordan's unprecedented palace drama moves to the courtroom

Amman (Jordan), June 20 (AP): Jordan's version of a trial of the century gets under way this week when a relative of King Abdullah II and a former chief of the royal court are ushered into the defendants

World / 20th June 2021

Israel reports Covid outbreak in 2 schools, 45 students infected

Tel Aviv, June 20 (IANS): The Israeli Ministry of Health reported a Covid-19 outbreak in two schools in the town of Binyamina, 60 km north of Tel Aviv, which has infected 45 students. The outbreak concerns a

World / 20th June 2021

As Brazil tops 500,000 deaths, protests against president

Rio De Janiero, June 20 (AP): Anti-government protesters took to the streets in more than a score of cities across Brazil on Saturday as the nation's confirmed death toll from COVID-19 soared past half a mi

World / 20th June 2021

Israeli PM: World powers must 'wake up' on Iran nuke deal

Jerusalem, June 20 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday opened his first Cabinet meeting since swearing in his new coalition government last week with a condemnation of the new Iranian preside

World / 20th June 2021

Former Afghan president says US failed in war-torn country

Kabul, June 20 (AP): Afghanistan's former president said Sunday the US came to his country to fight extremism and bring stability to his war-tortured nation and is leaving nearly 20 years later having faile

World / 20th June 2021

Footprints of last dinosaurs to walk 110mn years ago found on UK cliffs: Report

London, June 19 (PTI): Footprints from at least six different species of dinosaur the very last dinosaurs to walk on UK soil 110 million years ago have been found in Kent, a new report by researchers has claime

World / 20th June 2021

Editor, CEO denied bail in Apple Daily case in Hong Kong

Hong Kong, June 19 (AP): A Hong Kong court ordered the top editor of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and the head of its parent company held without bail Saturday in the first hearing since their arres

World / 19th June 2021

Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran presidential race by landslide

Tehran, June 19 (IANS): Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent Chief Justice of Iran, has won the country's presidential election by a landslide, according to preliminary results released on Saturday by the Interior

World / 19th June 2021

California launches digital Covid vax portal

San Francisco, June 19 (IANS): California has launched a digital platform through which the state's residents can access their Covid-19 vaccination records. The online system, called Digital Covid-19 Vac

World / 19th June 2021

Russia to leave Open Skies Treaty on Dec 18

Moscow, June 19 (IANS): Russia will officially withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies, an arms control pact with the US that permitted unarmed surveillance flights over military facilities in both countrie

World / 19th June 2021

India abstains from voting on UNGA resolution on Myanmar

United Nations, June 19 (PTI): India has abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution on Myanmar, saying its views have not been reflected in the draft resolution and a "consultative and constructive"

World / 19th June 2021

Kim Jong-un vows to overcome all difficulties

Seoul, June 19 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to break through all difficulties facing the country at the end of a plenary session of the ruling party, state media reported on Saturday.

World / 19th June 2021

7 people dead after plane crash lands in Russia

Moscow, June 19 (IANS): Seven people were killed after a plane made an emergency landing in Russia's Kemerovo Oblast in Siberia, an emergency services official said on Saturday. "According to t

World / 19th June 2021

One in 100 deaths is by suicide: WHO

Geneva, June 18 (IANS): One in a hundred deaths globally can directly be attributed to suicide, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, arguing that the Covid-19 pandemic has increased factors for suicide wor

World / 18th June 2021

Afghan peace envoy fears pullout will embolden Taliban

Antalya (Turkey), June 18 (AP): The Afghan government's chief peace envoy expressed fears on Friday that the Taliban will have no interest in a political settlement with the US-supported administration in K

World / 18th June 2021

S Korean nuclear research institute potentially hacked: Ministry

Seoul, June 18 (IANS): South Korea's science ministry said on Friday it is investigating a potential hack into a state-run nuclear research institute after its internal network was breached last month. A

World / 18th June 2021

Antonio Guterres re-elected as UN Secretary General for 2nd five-year term

United Nations, June 18 (PTI): UN General Assembly on Friday appointed Antonio Guterres as the UN Secretary General for a second term beginning January 1, 2022, days after the powerful Security Council unanimou

World / 18th June 2021

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